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MONTH
January ICHIGATSU, February NIGATSU, March SANGATSU, April SHIGATSU, May GOGATSU, June ROKUGATSU, July SHICHIGATSU, August HACHIGATSU, September KUGATSU, October JIYUGATSU, November JIYUICHIGATSU, December JIYUNIGATSU,

ASKING
I lost my way. MICHI NI MAYOIMASHITA.Where is the ....station? ....EKI WA DOKODESKA?Where is the ....hotel? ....HOTERU WA DOKODESKA?
Please draw a map to the ....station. ....EKIMADE NO CHIZU O KAITEKUDASAI.
far. TOOI. near. CHIKAI.
What time is it? NANJIDESKA?

SHOPPING
How much is it? IKURADESKA?
Just looking. MITERUDAKEDES.I take this one. KORE O KUDASAI.I take that one. ARE O KUDASAI.I take one..... ....IKKO KUDASAI.I take two..... ....NIKO KUDASAI.I take three..... ....SANKO KUDASAI.I take four..... ....YONKO KUDASAI.I take five..... ....GOKO KUDASAI.I take six..... ....ROKKO KUDASAI.I take seven..... ....NANAKO KUDASAI.I take eight..... ....HAKKO KUDASAI.I take nine..... ....KIYUKO KUDASAI.I take ten..... ....JYUKKO KUDASAI.May I have a two coffee please. KOHII FUTATSU KUDASAI.

the only japanese i know and all of it will get you in trouble
Ikki, ikki! chug chug
Koitsua omoshiroiya! hay this is fun!
Anta ga sukidesu. I like you
Atata no hiza ni suwattemo yoroshii deshoka? do you mind if i sit on your lap?
Watashi no huto mom o monde kudasai. please massage my thighs.

No. Just no. Ichi is for generic counting, hitotsu is a generic "thing" counter. Like, when asking for coffee... "kohi hitotsu kudasai." On the other hand, ichi is.. well, a number. Like when saying your phone number, or age... etc. I don't even know why this person got into counters on a post about Japanese basics.

TSUMA NO C DES.

There's an example of the awful romanization...

Hello. KONNICHIWA. A DOWMO. <friendly>

More bad romanizing not to mention they didn't even bother to put that what is in blue is the response... Nevermind, I'm not even going to try salvaging this.

An informative thread... with lots of errors... and romanji! Sorry, I'm being a snob now. It's ok for a beginner, but still has some errors. Besides, the first thing youd want to learn if you do decide to come to japan is Katakana.

For those interested in upper beginner/intermediate level and just plain quirky japanese, I'll be posting it in my journal. Using it as a learning tool for myself and might as well share the wealth. *shameless plug*

A friend tried to teach me Japanese back in uni, but I failed miserably. I had such a terrible time trying to write in it. The only thing he managed to teach me how to write was my name in Japanese. I can remember a few words, but not enough. I will have to visit MPC's journal and see if I can't improve.

BE CAREFUL. You need to call the phone company and get them to give you an international long distant plan. My parents didnt know that until they found out they were being charged about $5 per minute by AT&T.